SBBT Ventures into Video

SBBT has begun to publish videos on conservation challenges for swallowtails on its website project pages. Darren Howat’s film, “Conservation of the British Swallowtail”, summarises the Trust’s June 2018 workshop when sea-level rise and salinisation of the Norfolk Broads were discussed. A film “Kinabalu Swallowtail” by Stephen Sutton and his team in Sabah, emphasises vulnerability of Troidesandromache in the Kinabalu National Park.

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Two Master’s students, Susie Hills and Hamish Lillywhite are starting work on the conditions needed by the British Swallowtail and its foodplant, Milk-parsley, in East Anglia’s fens. Their projects are a direct result of our 2017 workshop, the first step in a partnership between SBBT and the University of East Anglia’s School of Biological Sciences.

John Parnell, a retired entomologist who developed a passion for the magnificent Homerus Swallowtail when he worked as a lecturer in Jamaica, has agreed to take up an honorary position spearheading SBBT’s work on the species. John joins the Trust as our vital conservation work to rescue the species continues.

SBBT is delighted to announce World Swallowtail Day, taking place this year on Sunday 9th June. All are welcome to register their local event or come to Wheatfen Reserve in Norfolk for the global launch. Reserves, zoos, butterfly houses and botanical gardens worldwide will join hands to celebrate swallowtails and birdwings and help us to promote conservation projects.

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OUR APPEAL

Swallowtails and birdwings are beautiful and graceful butterflies – who wouldn’t love to see them dancing in the sunlight or sipping nectar from wildflowers? But many species are under threat from agriculture, forestry and climate change. We have ideas, enthusiasm and a vision for the future. Will you help us to achieve our goals?

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Financial contributions are welcome and will be treasured. We also need your ideas, new information, suggestions and encouragement!